OpenNEX Virtual Workshop and Challenge 2014

Listen to

Lectures

Engage in

Virtual LABS

Compete in a

Challenge & Win Prizes

Open NASA Earth Exchange (NEX) Virtual Workshop and Challenge 2014

Earth Observation Data for Climate Science

Why This

Workshop?

President Obama has announced a series of executive actions to reduce carbon pollution and promote sound science to understand and manage climate impacts for the U.S.

Following the President’s call for developing tools for climate resilience, OpenNEX is hosting a workshop that will feature:
1) Climate science through lectures by experts
2) Computational tools through virtual labs, and
3) A challenge inviting participants to compete for prizes by designing and implementing solutions for climate resilience.

NASA's Open Data

- Access satellite data like MODIS, Landsat and AVHRR in your virtual machine
- Access historical and projected climate data at a high resolution via easy access APIs
We will update our OpenNEX data sets based on popular demand - You can provide your inputs by clicking below

Engage in Virtual Labs

- Build your own virtual machine or use a pre-built Amazon Machine Image (AMI) to perform your scientific analysis
- Use on-demand computing and build on ready-to-use code snippets
- Follow along with the labs and gain hands-on experience with data
- Get acquainted with user guides and demo videos

Compete and Win Prizes

The OpenNEX challenge invites the general public, climate scientists, software engineers, and data analysts to design and implement concepts that enable climate resilience
There will be $60,000 in prize money available for participants as a reward for their innovations.

Watch Lectures

See our live Ustream channel to watch featured speakers and Pre-Recorded lectures

OpenNEX Challenge

Solver's Challenge Start Date: August 22nd, 2014

The OpenNEX challenge, in collaboration among NASA, Amazon Web Services Inc. and Innocentive, invites the general public,
climate scientists, software engineers, and data analysts to design and implement concepts that enable climate
resilience. There will be $60,000 in prize money available for participants as a reward for their innovations.
To learn more click below